College basketball is just flat out better than the NBA. While I rarely watch a single game of the regular season for NCAA basketball, I will catch every single game I can for March Madness. And every year I'm reminded just how much better college basketball is than the NBA. Now don't get me wrong, I love the Pistons and I'm just thankful that they are one of the few teams in the NBA that actually play basketball. So with that in mind I give you my top 10 reasons why March Madness is awesome (in no particular order...even though I'm ordering them)...
1) It is the only time of the year when you can have the potential of watching 4 significant buzzer beater games within 20 minutes.
2) There will always be an underdog to cheer for.
3) When watching a game you see a full game played at full intensity by both teams (in the NBA they they play pretty lazy until the last couple of minutes).
4) College players are well coached so when there is a close game and it is coming to the last minute...the players actually manage the clock well and give themselves a chance of winning.
5) If you filled out a bracket for a pool...every single game you have someone you want to win (even if some nobody school knocked off your team...well then that Cinderella team is now your team).
6) It is a perfect reason to sit around, watch basketball, drink beer, and relax with friends.
7) No one every questions who the NCAA men's basketball champion truly is or that some team didn't get a fair chance at the title.
8) Team basketball
9) You can't beat a single elimination tournament (series are alright but the excitement of a one and done tournament is so great).
10) College basketball doesn't have special rules to prevent defensive play.
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11. Even the teams that don't make it to "The Big Dance" can play in the runner-up tournament... at least for one round.
Wink.
Good points Rey...
Yes it was nice for Utah St. to be able to still play in a tournament even though they didn't make the big dance (or were you talking about a different team?).
Plus it is true...college basketball is so nice that even if you can't make one of the 65 positions they'll still give a few more teams a tournament just to be nice.
great points, Brian!! College hoops >>> NBA. There won't be a Cinderella story this year, but last year's George Mason's run to the Final Four is a shining example of why college hoops is so awesome!!
I didn't quite understand this entry either.
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